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Mark Bedics | NCAA.com | September 28, 2017

Returning talent, new faces highlights 2017-18 preview by the numbers

The defending champion Golden Knights open their season this weekend with a series at No. 8 Northeastern.

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After seeing only three regular season games played last weekend, the regular season starts in earnest for the majority of the remaining teams in NCAA women’s hockey. How will the 2017-18 roll out? Let’s look at the numbers.

1 —Defending NCAA champions, Clarkson is ranked first in both national polls and opens its season at Northeastern Friday night.

81.8 — Rensselaer returns 81.8 percent (81 of 99) of its goal-scoring for a season ago.

874 — Combined coaching wins that will be behind the benches this weekend in Madison, when No. 2 Wisconsin hosts Mercyhurst. The Lakers' Michael Sisti ranks second in NCAA Division I women's hockey history with 444 victories during his 19 years at Mercyhurst. Badgers bench boss Mark Johnson ranks third with 430 wins in his 15 years with Wisconsin.

1,135 — Saves in 2016-17 by second-team All-American Kassidy Sauve, the Ohio State single-season record and just three shy of the WCHA standard. After ranking among NCAA leaders for save percentage (fifth - .942), minutes (sixth - 2098:20), shutouts (tied for seventh - six) and goals-against average (16th - 2.00), the redshirt-junior is the coaches' choice as preseason WCHA Player of the Year.

With the women's hockey season upon us, we feature some of the top Patty Kazmaier candidates. First up: Ohio State's Kassidy Sauve. pic.twitter.com/xk9PeGbaoc